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Originally Posted by Smooth
Yes, but Dems should try to show backbone to change that. Relief does not have to be attached to spending, but find a solution before the end of this year. Delaying a resolution of the issue beyond December is unnecessary.
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So aside crashing the government into the ground what leverage they have? Republicans are doing just fine writing entire bills to conform to Reconciliation process and Byrd Rule (thereby bypassing the filibuster). Imagine writing an ACA Repeal in the form that every section has to directly deal with spending? Yeah they've done it.
Debt ceiling is basically the only leverage we have, republicans are fine in letting things expire on their own, debt ceiling, well its there and the government is inching every day to bonk its head on it.